Vocabulary Flashcards

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Dissuader de

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To deter from

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dissuasif

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deterrant

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se cacher avec une mauvaise intention

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to lurk

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démissionner

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to resign

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une situation totalement bloquée

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a gridlock

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une acrobatie politique

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a stunt

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une position politique

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a political stance

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prudent

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cautious

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exploiter (des données)

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to harness (datas)

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subir, endurer

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to undergo

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le parti républicain

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the GOP

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légiférer sur

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to legislate on

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légaliser / abroger

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to legalize / to ban

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Un homme politique / une politique / la politique

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a politician / a policy / Politics

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Une élection primaire / élection mi-mandat

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A primary election / a midterm election

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élire

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to elect

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Soutenir un candidat

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to endorse a candidate

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faire campagne

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to run for office

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le titulaire

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the incumbent

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la période de fonction / service

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the incumbency

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une tendance politique

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a political leaning

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adhérer/ adopter à une idéologie

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to embrace an ideology

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formuler, avancer une idée

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to put forward an idea

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défendre/ tenir bon sur une question

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to stand on an issue

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attaquer une question
to tackle an issue
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la mise en place/ la réalisation
the implementation
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un gouvernement ayant un grand pouvoir
a "big" government
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la sécurité sociale
the social welfare
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2nd Amendment
"A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
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circonstances aggravantes
aggravating circumstance
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une accusation
a charge, an accusation
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accuser de (crime)
to charge with (a crime)
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déclarer coupable
to convict
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a serious crime punished by death or imprisonment in excess of one year
a felony
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a person who commits a felony
a felon
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a killing which is deliberate and premeditated
a first degree murder
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a killing in which premeditation is usually absent
a second degree murder
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un homicide involontaire
a manslaughter
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mettre en prison
to incarcerate, to imprison, to confine
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a man under the age of 18
a juvenile
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obligatoire
mandatory, compulsory
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circonstance atténuante
a mitigating circumstance
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a transgression of Law
an offense
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la liberté conditionnelle
the probation
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poursuite judiciaire
prosecution
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récidivisme
recidivism
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décision d'une Cour sur une affaire ou une question légale
a ruling
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une condamnation
a sentance
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condamnation à perpétuité
life sentance
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to go down
to drop, to fall, to dip, to lower
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contourner
to bypass, to circumvent
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passer au-dessus
to override
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poursuivre qqun en justice
to sue someone, to take someone to court, to bring an action against someone, to make a lawsuit/claim
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une raison
a ground, a reason
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utopique
utopian
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un citoyen qui respecte la loi
a law abiding citizen
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to be prosecuted, judged and maube sentenced
to try
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sex with an underage person
a statutory rape
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aggravated kidnapping
demand for ransom, physical harm, underage victim
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unlawful entry + theft
a burglary
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voler une personne (physique ou morale)
to rob
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voler une chose
to steal
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un vol d'une chose
a theft
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un vol d'une personne
a robbery
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bien que
even though, although
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de plus
besides
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contrairement à
Contrary to
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cependant
however
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malgré
despite
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en plus de
in addition to
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puisque
since
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à la place de
instead of
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à moins que
unless
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alors que
whereas
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néanmoins, toutefois
nevertheless
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tandis que (2 choses se passent au même moment)
while
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donc
therefore
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par ailleurs
furthermore
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Au nom de
On behalf of
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Souligner, mettre l'accent sur
To stress
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une opération de maintien de la paix
A Peacekeeping operation
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Tergiverser, hésiter
To dither
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Noble (adj)
Lofty
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Affirmer
To assert
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Un dissident
A dissenter
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un hochement de tête
A nod
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Renoncer à
To relinquish
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Une attestation
The affidavit
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Refuser, retenir
To withold
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Inciter
To induce/incentive sb to do stg
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Compenser, c ontrebalancer
To offset, to counterbalance
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To bring sb to Court
To sue
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A ses débuts, au commencement
At its onset
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Un cadre, une structure
A framework
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Présenter, exposer
To lay out
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Mettre en lumière
To shed light on
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Convoquer
To convene
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Faire exécuter, mettre en application
To enforce
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digne
worthy
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En vertu de, conformément à
Under, pursuant to
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Mettre à exécution, accomplir
To carry out
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Une coutume
A custom
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Une disposition
A provision
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Disposer, énoncer
To provide
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Dans la mesure où
Insofar as
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Rendre une décision/un jugement
To hand down a decision/a judgment
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étroit, restreint
narrow
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lourd (conséquent)
hefty
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Consister à
To consist OF